*ThissyllabusisaccreditedforuseinEngland,WalesandNorthernIrelandasaCambridgeInternationalLevel1/Level2Certificate.SyllabusCambridgeIGCSEChemistryCambridgeInternationalCertificate*Syllabuscode0620ForexaminationinJuneandNovember2012ContentsCambridgeIGCSEChemistrySyllabuscode06201.Introduction.....................................................................................21.1WhychooseCambridge?1.2WhychooseCambridgeIGCSEChemistry?1.3CambridgeInternationalCertificateofEducation(ICE)1.4UKschools1.5HowcanIfindoutmore?2.Assessmentataglance..................................................................53.Syllabusaimsandobjectives...........................................................73.1Aims3.2Assessmentobjectives3.3Schemeofassessment3.4Weightings3.5Conventions4.Curriculumcontent........................................................................135.Practicalassessment.....................................................................295.1Paper4:Coursework5.2Paper5:Practicaltest5.3Paper6:AlternativetoPractical6.AppendixA....................................................................................376.1Gradedescriptions6.2PeriodicTable6.3Notesforuseinqualitativeanalysis6.4Safetyinthelaboratory6.5Glossaryofterms6.6Mathematicalrequirements6.7Resourcelist6.8FormsCambridgeIGCSEChemistry0620.ExaminationinJuneandNovember2012.©UCLES20097.AppendixB:Additionalinformation...............................................538.AppendixC:Additionalinformation–CambridgeInternationalCertificates....................................................................................552CambridgeIGCSEChemistry0620.ExaminationinJuneandNovember2012.1.Introduction1.1WhychooseCambridge?UniversityofCambridgeInternationalExaminations(CIE)istheworld’slargestproviderofinternationalqualifications.Around1.5millionstudentsfrom150countriesenterCambridgeexaminationseveryyear.WhatmakeseducatorsaroundtheworldchooseCambridge?RecognitionCambridgeIGCSEisinternationallyrecognisedbyschools,universitiesandemployersasequivalenttoUKGCSE.CambridgeIGCSEisexcellentpreparationforA/ASLevel,theAdvancedInternationalCertificateofEducation(AICE),USAdvancedPlacementProgrammeandtheInternationalBaccalaureate(IB)Diploma.Learnmoreat(onlineandface-to-face)andstudentsupportmaterials.Examsofficerscantrustinreliable,efficientadministrationofexamsentryandexcellent,personalsupportfromCIECustomerServices.Learnmoreat:•betterunderstandthetechnologicalworldinwhichtheylive,andtakeaninformedinterestinscienceandscientificdevelopments•learnaboutthebasicprinciplesofChemistrythroughamixoftheoreticalandpracticalstudies•developanunderstandingofthescientificskillsessentialforfurtherstudyatALevel,skillswhichareusefulineverydaylife•learnhowscienceisstudiedandpractised,andbecomeawarethattheresultsofscientificresearchcanhavebothgoodandbadeffectsonindividuals,communitiesandtheenvironment.1.3CambridgeInternationalCertificateofEducation(ICE)CambridgeICEisthegroupawardoftheInternationalGeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation(IGCSE).ItrequiresthestudyofsubjectsdrawnfromthefivedifferentIGCSEsubjectgroups.Itgivesschoolstheopportunitytobenefitfromofferingabroadandbalancedcurriculumbyrecognisingtheachievementsofstudentswhopassexaminationsinatleastsevensubjects,includingtwolanguages,andonesubjectfromeachoftheothersubjectgroups.TheCambridgeportfolioofIGCSEqualificationsprovidesasolidfoundationforhigherlevelcoursessuchasGCEAandASLevelsandtheInternationalBaccalaureateDiplomaaswellasexcellentpreparationforemployment.AwiderangeofIGCSEsubjectsisavailableandthesearegroupedintofivecurriculumareas.ChemistryfallsintoGroupIII,Science.LearnmoreaboutICEat